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The Best Episodes of The Carol Burnett Show

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The Best Episodes of The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally...

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  1. 8.9/10(137 votes)

    #1 - Episode 239 (#1002)

    S10:E8

    Business Lunch; 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover; The Oldest Man: The Butcher; Went with the Wind!; Basin Street: Basin Street Blues / That's How I Love the Blues / The Birth of the Blues / Mad About Him Blues / A Good Man is Hard to Find / I Ain't Got Nobody / St. Louis Blues / Wang Wang Blues

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  2. 8.8/10(79 votes)

    #2 - Episode 279

    S11:E24

    A Special Evening with Carol Burnett

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  3. 8.5/10(100 votes)

    #3 - Episode 104

    S4:E20

    with Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey

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  4. 8.4/10(64 votes)

    #4 - Episode 193 (#810)

    S8:E10

    Born Free; Talk and Duet: You're So London; My Buddy; A Visit from Karen; The Third Degree; Charwoman Medley: Oh, to Be a Movie Star / Cuddle Up a Little Closer

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  5. 8.4/10(48 votes)

    #5 - Episode 237 (#1007)

    S10:E6

    Mrs. Wiggins: Buzz Off; Medical Documentary; Hollywood Seven; The Lift; The Morning After; Salute to Silent Movies: Without a Word, Without a Sound

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  6. 8.3/10(73 votes)

    #6 - Episode 204 (#821)

    S8:E21

    The Family: Visit to Phillip; All That Jazz; The Typists; The Late, Late Movie: The Lady Heir; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock Paris '90s Mini-Musical: Good Clean Fun / Dear Friend / Matchmaker, Matchmaker / Will He Like Me / Sunrise, Sunset / Days Gone By / The Very Next Man / If I Were a Rich Man / Do You Love Me / She Loves Me

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  8. 8.3/10(77 votes)

    #7 - Episode 213

    S9:E6

    with Maggie Smith

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  9. 8.3/10(63 votes)

    #8 - Episode 228 (#921)

    S9:E21

    The Family: Friend from the Past; The Butler and the Maid; Wallflowers Duet: Why Can't I / Let's Be Buddies; Mrs. Wiggins: The Intercom...Again; Everything Old is New Again

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  10. 8.3/10(58 votes)

    #9 - Episode 235 (#1001)

    S10:E4

    The Family: The Rehearsal; Talk and Duet: Friend; Mrs. Wiggins: The Vending Machine; That's Entertainment, Part 86: That's Showbiz / Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo / Slippery When Wet

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  11. 8.3/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Episode 246

    S10:E15

    with Glen Campbell

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  12. 8.2/10(148 votes)

    #11 - with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring

    S1:E4

    Two women (Carol and guest Lucille Ball) go to the "Café Argentine" whose staff includes a goose-stepping maitre d' (Harvey); Carol plays a housewife fighting off a recalcitrant washing machine and attacking pigeons, only to end up impaled by a medieval lance; "Carol and Sis" sing a rendition of "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"; guest Tim Conway plays a bumbling TV news anchor; two rent-a-car employees (Carol, Lucy) vie for the attentions of a traveler (Tim); guest Gloria Loring performs "Goin' Out of My Head" and "Try to Remember"; a woman (Carol) experiences the downside of marrying a superhero (Harvey); and Carol and Lucy sing and dance to a barroom medley. This episode is noted as Show #006 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

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  13. 8.2/10(47 votes)

    #12 - Episode 74

    S3:E17

    with Barbara Feldon, Joan Rivers

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  14. 8.2/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Episode 84

    S3:E27

    Family Show

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  15. 8.2/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Episode 132

    S5:E22

    with Jack Klugman, Tony Randall

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  16. 8.2/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Episode 167 (#704)

    S7:E9

    The Ham Actor: Contact Lenses; Silver Spoon; Airline Security; The Old Flame; As the Stomach Turns: Marian's Problem; Salute to the '50s and '60s: Yesterday Once More / Born to Hand Jive / Peppermint Twist

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  17. 8.2/10(49 votes)

    #16 - Episode 195 (#812)

    S8:E12

    Razzle-Dazzle; The Biggest Movie of the Week: Disaster '75; Song Blackouts: I've Gotta Be Me / Something / Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! / A Baby is Coming; Bedtime Honesty II; Hold Me, Hamlet

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  18. 8.2/10(40 votes)

    #17 - Episode 202

    S8:E19

    with Tim Conway and Dick Patterson

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  19. 8.2/10(38 votes)

    #18 - Episode 207 (#824)

    S8:E24

    The Family: Hardware Store; Mama's Hit Parade Medley; Shower Blackout: When Your Lover Has Gone; The Oldest Man: Clock Repair; Ain't That Nothin'; Charwoman: The Two of Us / Carol's Theme

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  20. 8.2/10(54 votes)

    #19 - Episode 209 (#901)

    S9:E2

    Backstage; Medley: Yes I Can / Too Close for Comfort / Something's Gotta Give / Hey There / The Birth of the Blues / Candy Man / What Kind of Fool am I; No-Frills Airline; The Deputy; Salute to Harold Arlen Mini-Musical: Happiness is a Thing Called Joe / Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree / Get Happy / Come Rain or Come Shine / Gotta Have Me Go With You / Hooray for Love / Follow the Yellow Brick Road / The Man That Got Away / Down with Love / Moanin' in the Mornin' / When the Sun Comes Out / I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / Stormy Weather / Over the Rainbow / Let's Fall in Love / Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

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  21. 8.2/10(41 votes)

    #20 - Episode 215 (#902)

    S9:E8

    Laughter is the Best Medicine; Tongue Twisters / Moses Supposes; The Truck Drivers; Assembly Line; The Swinger: For Once in My Life; The Late, Late Movie: The Little Foxies

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  22. 8.2/10(52 votes)

    #21 - Episode 217 (#909)

    S9:E10

    That's the Way the Kitchen Crumbles; The Cockney Lesson; The Oldest Man: The Doctor; The Family: Teacher's Dilemma; Show Biz: That's Showbiz / Comedy Tonight / Be a Clown / Let Me Entertain You / There's No Business Like Show Business

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  23. 8.2/10(36 votes)

    #22 - Episode 255

    S10:E24

    Tenth Anniversary Show

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  24. 8.1/10(38 votes)

    #23 - Episode 109

    S4:E25

    with David Frost, Eileen Farrell, Marilyn Horne

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  25. 8.1/10(39 votes)

    #24 - Episode 147

    S6:E13

    with Anthony Newley, Bernadette Peters

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  26. 8.1/10(40 votes)

    #25 - Episode 176 (#717)

    S7:E18

    with Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 239 (#1002)" is the best rated episode of "The Carol Burnett Show". It scored 8.9/10 based on 137 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/13/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 279".